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Posts tagged with 'Border' at MetaFilter.Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:58:07 -0800Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:58:07 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60The Lives that are US Immigration Talking Pointshttp://www.metafilter.com/141698/The%2DLives%2Dthat%2Dare%2DUS%2DImmigration%2DTalking%2DPoints
"<a href="http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-central-american-child-refugee-crisis-made-in-u-s-a">What You Don't Know About Migrant Children May Kill Them</a>." You may be aware of the overwhelming numbers of underage migrants from Central America now in the U.S. immigration system. You may not know so much about why they've arrived, why they've left, nor <a href="http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/migrantroute/">how they actually got here</a>. Their stories include <a href="http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/2014/07/21/Javier.html">Javier's</a>:
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Javier was halfway through his walk home from the fields at the end of the work day, but he was not relaxed to be headed home. He was keeping a wary eye out for a truck to drive up along side him, and for what could happen if it did. Javier was watching for MS-13 gang members. They had already harassed him three times in the fields and twice on his way home — each incident closer and closer to where he lived. If they followed him much further on his route, their death threats could easily turn into reality.
Javier&rsquo;s older sister had caught the eye of the 25 to 30 year old men in MS-13. They wanted her as a &ldquo;girlfriend&rdquo; for the gang, and they weren&rsquo;t letting up until they knew where she was. They had threatened to kill Javier and his grandparents if he didn&rsquo;t tell them her whereabouts. Javier thought about the increasing threats and the danger he and his grandparents were in. It was no longer safe in Honduras. He needed to leave.
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<a href="http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1406/odisea-ninos-migrantes-mexico/">Franklin and Erick's</a> (in Spanish):
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"Empezaron pidi&#0233;ndome dinero, que trabajara. Con el tiempo me ten&#0237;a m&#0225;s metido a ellos, yo no pod&#0237;a salirme de ellos, si yo intentaba decirle a alguien, me golpeaban muy fuerte. Me agarraban a batazos, a pedradas", relata Franklin.
"Estaba trabajando en un bar y ten&#0237;a tres meses de estar trabajando en ese bar, cuando llegaron los de las pandillas y me dijeron que ten&#0237;a que vender droga, que solo ten&#0237;amos una semana para pensarlo", cuenta Erick.
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<a href="http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-11-27/arriving-young-and-alone-one-guatemalan-migrants-trek">Ronald Aldana's</a>:
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He was studying auto mechanics at a trade school when he heard that his cousin was murdered alongside a road. Aldana and his dad reported the crime to the police and helped with his burial. Within hours, Aldana started getting threats that escalated into attacks.
"We just couldn't deal with it anymore,"&#0157; Aldana said. "The first time they tried to kill me, I'd gone out to pick up some books and as I headed home, a group of men on the street started shooting in my direction, but I jumped towards a ravine behind me."&#0157;
Aldana survived the attempts on his life. But his father decided it was time for him to leave – for good. Aldana said, "[My father] hugged me and said, 'Son, you know I love you, but you cannot stay here. I'd rather die than have you killed.'"&#0157;
Aldana resisted. But he was familiar with this kind of story, and he knew how it was likely to end: If the gangs target you – you'd better go.
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and <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/headlines/20140607-immigrant-children-seeking-sanctuary-face-bleak-future.ece">Yenesis's</a>:
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"When you live in Honduras, you quickly learn that anywhere and anything is better, but then you get to Mexico and you understand that hell extends beyond Honduras."
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Of those coming to the U.S. overland, Doctors Without Borders finds <a href="http://www.am.com.mx/leon/mexico/en-msf-documentan-agresion-a-migrantes-124021.html">60% experience violence en route</a> (Spanish). More comprehensively, Anita Khashu has <a href="http://interamericanos.itam.mx/working_papers/21KHASHU.pdf">interviewed unaccompanied minors traveling through Mexico</a>, in a report released in 2010 (pdf, English).
A brief statement signed by more than 600 Latin-Americanist scholars <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/1rBmuKT76InQyJQPZBb7eSjy18S80HT-exZgw5sEb719-BzFEC9qFmXsvge3D_zvSRcp3tQUCEl8H9fyT/edit">summarizes the larger issues</a> that have led to this moment (google doc). These larger reasons include <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/world/americas/hope-dwindles-for-hondurans-living-in-peril.html?_r=0">violence</a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/world/americas/fleeing-gangs-children-head-to-us-border.html">more violence</a>, the <a href="http://newamericamedia.org/2014/07/child-refugees-the-consequences-of-the-2009-coup-in-honduras.php">2009</a> <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/violence-in-hondurasunaccompaniedminorsimmigrationtous.html">coup</a> <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/07/12/those-kids-crossing-border-mexico-wouldnt-be-there-if-obama-hadnt-supported-coup">in Honduras</a> (which destablized rural land tenure, among many other things), <a href="http://www.solidaritycenter.org/content.asp?contentid=1917">impunity</a> and <a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118675/child-migrants-guatemala-are-fleeing-more-just-gang-violence">effective oligarchy</a>, the <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/23/honduran-indigenousgroupsdrugwar.html">drug</a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-carlsen/blowback-on-the-border-am_b_5600425.html">war</a>, <a href="http://fusion.net/justice/story/garifuna-young-black-latino-exodus-youve-heard-743461">structural racism</a>, <a href="http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/jade-migrante-homosexual-1401218326">transgender and queer oppression</a> (Spanish), <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/180578/how-us-foreign-policy-created-immigrant-refugee-crisis-its-own-southern-border">U.S. foreign policy</a> and the <a href="http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-central-american-child-refugee-crisis-made-in-u-s-a">long U.S. support for repressive governments in Central America</a>.
It's worth noting that <a href="http://www.wola.org/commentary/3_myths_about_central_american_migration_to_the_us">several political talking points are, in fact, incorrect</a>. Immigration law, or rumor about immigration law,</a> <a href="http://dartcenter.org/blog/carlos-dada-on-border-crisis-hellish-path#.U96l3GPL-jZ">is said to be attracting migrants</a>. <a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/6/27/5845832/immigration-reformers-favorite-spin-on-the-child-migrant-crisis-is">It is not</a>. The migrants also present little evidence of a "crisis of border security." for instance: One South Texas border official says "<a href="http://www.themonitor.com/news/historic-meeting-in-mcallen-of-feds-state-and-local-officials/article_30ab8386-faee-11e3-bdc7-0017a43b2370.html">We're not being overrun by anything. We're not being attacked by anything</a>." A concurring opinoion comes from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/opinion/why-the-border-crisis-is-a-myth.html">El Paso County Judge</a>, as well as Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)—who said that colleagues who want to seal the border "<a href="http://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/30/cornyn-tours-ciudad-juarez-low-key-trip-mexico/">obviously don&rsquo;t know what they&rsquo;re talking about</a>"—and former Arizona governor <a href="http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/05/22/napolitano-you-cannot-seal-a-border/">Janet Napolitano</a>.
How many of them are legally refugees? Tens of thousands. While the exact number depends on who you ask, the UN High Commission on Refugees put out a study titled "<a href="http://unhcrwashington.org/children">Children on the Run</a>" in Spring 2014 that found 58% of their sample (n=404) had "immediate protection needs" (in wider context of 59,000 child migrants detained thus far, 58%=34,000 people), <a href="http://noticieros.televisa.com/mundo/1407/califican-50-ninos-migrantes-quedarse-eu-oea/">the Organization of American States estimates 50%</a> (50%:=29,500 people; in Spanish), and the plan floated by the Obama administration estimated that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/world/americas/administration-weighs-plan-to-move-processing-of-youths-seeking-entry-to-honduras-.html">1750 of 5000 applications would qualify—35%</a> (35%=20,650 people). None of these numbers count the other young adults who have fled, and also have refugee claims.
Finally, Dara Lind at Vox lists some <a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/7/14/5895277/children-border-how-help-donate-volunteer-foster-immigrants-refugees"><strong>Ways to Help</strong></a>. Like many situations, money is the single most useful way to help for those so inclined (<a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20140801-qa-migrant-kids-legal-needs-are-great-american-bar-association-president-says.ece">unless you are an immigration lawyer</a>). tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141698Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:58:07 -0800migrantology“U.S. citizens here?” - “U.S. citizens.”http://www.metafilter.com/141197/US%2Dcitizens%2Dhere%2DUS%2Dcitizens
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/07/arizona_immigration_checkpoint_criticism_border_patrol_harasses_people_and.html">Arizona’s Checkpoint Rebellion</a>
<br>Liberals, libertarians, retirees, and activists protest against immigration patrols far from the border.
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Previously:
<br><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/125412/DHS-Checkpoint-Refusals">DHS Checkpoint Refusals</a>
<br><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/135818/Am-I-being-detained-Am-I-free-to-go">Am I being detained? Am I free to go?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141197Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:57:21 -0800davidstandafordBordershttp://www.metafilter.com/136922/Borders
<a href="http://www.motherlandmagazine.com/borders-issue/borders">In the beginning, all saris were created equal, then they weren’t. enter the border: functional accoutrement, artisanal medium, class distinction.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.136922Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:40:21 -0800infinithe armor of the body politichttp://www.metafilter.com/134014/the%2Darmor%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dbody%2Dpolitic
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/11/19/%E2%80%9Cthe_american_homeland_is_the_planet_partner/">"The American homeland is the planet"</a> Not content with a militarized southern border, the U.S. is now militarizing borders around the world (slsa) tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.134014Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:49:17 -0800allkindsoftime‘This is just like in the movies.’http://www.metafilter.com/132797/This%2Dis%2Djust%2Dlike%2Din%2Dthe%2Dmovies
"We are under the impression you have more ties with more countries we are not on friendly terms with than your own. We decided to bring you back to the Canadian border."
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<a href="http://dasmag.nl/why-i-will-never-return-to-the-usa/">Dutch writer and animator Niels Gerson Lohman: Why I Will Never Return to the USA</a> <a href="http://www.mrdiggins.com/2013/10/grensgeval/#more-2718"><small>(nederlandse versie)</small></a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.132797Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:32:59 -0800anemone of the state"Everyone being held was a US citizen."http://www.metafilter.com/132221/Everyone%2Dbeing%2Dheld%2Dwas%2Da%2DUS%2Dcitizen
<a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/story/my-detainment-story-or-how-i-learned-stop-feeling-safe-my-own-country-and-hate-border-patrol/">But that didn't prevent</a> On the Media producer Sarah Abdurrahman and several members of her family and friends from being detained at a Canadian-US border while on the way home from a wedding. The story is all the more frightening as it details Sarah's inability to get any answers about policy from the Border Patrol, including the name of the officers who held her. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.132221Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:38:43 -0800EyeveexPhotos of people and places in bordertownshttp://www.metafilter.com/131231/Photos%2Dof%2Dpeople%2Dand%2Dplaces%2Din%2Dbordertowns
"Borders feel like places of movement. A transition point from one place to another. You don't think of people making a home there. But they do."-A description of <a href="http://www.lightleaked.com/2013/02/lara-shipley.html">Photographer Lara Shipley's</a> project, <em><a href="http://larashipley.com/coming-going-and-staying#/id/i6050241">Coming, Going and Staying</a></em> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.131231Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:29:21 -0800Brandon BlatcherNever Tell A Canadian What He Cannot Dohttp://www.metafilter.com/130309/Never%2DTell%2DA%2DCanadian%2DWhat%2DHe%2DCannot%2DDo
John Morillo of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, will apparently not turn down a dare, even if it causes an international incident and racks up fines in the five figures. For instance, if you tell him he can't swim from Windsor to Detroit across a busy shipping lane, <a href="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/07/23/drunk-man-attempts-swim-across-detroit-river/">he'll do it</a> (with the assistance of eight beers). And he'll swim <em>back</em>, too, as evidenced by the fact that the U.S. Coast Guard found him on the Canadian side. As Morillo said, "If I’m going to be in the paper, I’d at least like them to say I actually made it, even though I got in trouble and everything." Morillo has been charged with being intoxicated in a public place, and will likely face fines up to $25,000 for swimming in a shipping channel (and that's $25,000 <em>Canadian</em>, so it hurts approximately 3 percent more) and being barred from the waterfront. The worst part, though, is that when Morillo called his mother, "She just hung up on me. She said 'you’re just so stupid.'"
There is no report of what kind of beer he was drinking. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130309Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:42:52 -0800Etrigan"The Logic Of Violence In Criminal War"http://www.metafilter.com/127368/The%2DLogic%2DOf%2DViolence%2DIn%2DCriminal%2DWar
Criminal Cartels And The Rule Of Law In Mexico: <a href="http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2013/latam/criminal-cartels-and-rule-of-law-in-mexico.aspx">Summary</a>, <a href="http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/latin-america/mexico/048-pena-nietos-challenge-criminal-cartels-and-rule-of-law-in-mexico.pdf">PDF</a> <blockquote>The cartels have thousands of gunmen and have morphed into diversified crime groups that not only traffic drugs, but also conduct mass kidnappings, oversee extortion rackets and steal from the state oil industry. The military still fights them in much of the country on controversial missions too often ending in shooting rather than prosecutions. If Pe&#0241;a Nieto does not build an effective police and justice system, the violence may continue or worsen. But major institutional improvements and more efficient, comprehensive social programs could mean real hope for sustainable peace and justice.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/colombian-bacrim-gangs/">As Colombian Drugs Gangs Collapse, Mexican Cartels Get Tons Of Cheap Cocaine</a>
<a href="http://yalejournal.org/2013/02/26/cyberwar-in-the-underworld-anonymous-versus-los-zetas-in-mexico/">Cyberwar In The Underworld</a>: Anonymous versus Los Zetas in Mexico <blockquote>Little attention has been paid to non-state actors conducting cyberwars against each other and the disruptive effects these wars can have on nation-states. This article explores the online clash between the hacker group, Anonymous, and the Mexican drug cartel, Los Zetas. This type of cyberwar was unique: it was an incident where two clandestine non-state groups used the digital domain to attack each other and it was largely a private affair. Yet the incident had public consequences that left the Mexican government as a bystander. Such criminal activity beyond the reach of government intervention blurs the line between public safety and national security.</blockquote>
<a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/knowing-where-and-how-criminal-organizations-operate-using-web-content">Knowing Where And How Criminal Organizations Operate Using Web Content</a> - "In the scenario of Mexican drug trafficking, our findings provide evidence that criminal organizations are more strategic and operate in more differentiated ways than current academic literature thought."
<a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/the-logic-of-violence-in-criminal-war">The Logic Of Violence In Criminal War</a> <blockquote>Why do drug cartels fight states? Episodes of armed conflict between drug cartels and states in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico have demonstrated that ‘criminal wars’ can be just as destructive as civil wars. Yet insurgents in civil wars stand a reasonable chance of winning formal concessions of territory or outright victory. Why fight the state, if like drug cartels, you seek neither to topple nor secede from it?</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/commandos/">With Cash And Commandos, U.S. Escalates Its Battle Against The Mexican Cartels</a>
<a href="http://zenpundit.com/?p=14961">An Insurgency Coming To A Place Near You?</a>
<a href="http://server1.nationalinterest.org/commentary/vigilantes-against-mexicos-cartels-8328">Vigilantes Against Mexico's Cartels</a>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/mexican-drug-cartels-increase-agents-presence-united-states">The War On Drugs Is Still Not Working</a>
Many via Small Wars Journal: <a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/criminal-cartels-and-rule-of-law-in-mexico">1</a>, <a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/cyberwar-in-the-underworld-anonymous-versus-los-zetas-in-mexico">2</a>, <a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/why-mexicos-zetas-expanded-faster-than-their-rivals">3</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.127368Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:41:52 -0800the man of twists and turnsHow will they fill their above-ground pools and wash their TruckNutz?http://www.metafilter.com/126638/How%2Dwill%2Dthey%2Dfill%2Dtheir%2Daboveground%2Dpools%2Dand%2Dwash%2Dtheir%2DTruckNutz
<a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/tennessee-georgia-war/all/">Graveyard of the Peaches</a> An Army Ranger and Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations draws up a battle plan in light of <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/01/tennessee-georgia-water-border-dispute/2044429/">Georgia's plan to attempt to claim part of Tennessee</a>, in order to get access to vital water from the Tennessee River and undo a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_River#Water_rights_and_border_dispute_with_Georgia">1818 surveying error</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.126638Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:49:21 -0800blahblahblahWater Warshttp://www.metafilter.com/126368/Water%2DWars
<a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/mar/25/georgia-senate-passes-resolution-move-state-line-c/">Georgia Senate passes resolution to move state line, claim Tennessee River water.</a> A TPM reader provides <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/03/josh_goes_policy_wonk_in_georgia-tenn_border_war.php">interesting background.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.126368Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:45:01 -0800maggieb9th Circuit adopts "reasonable suspicion" for electronics at borderhttp://www.metafilter.com/125799/9th%2DCircuit%2Dadopts%2Dreasonable%2Dsuspicion%2Dfor%2Delectronics%2Dat%2Dborder
In an <i>en banc</i> decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled in <i>United States v. Cotterman</i> that <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130308/13380622263/9th-circuit-appeals-court-4th-amendment-applies-border-also-password-protected-files-shouldnt-arouse-suspicion.shtml">the 4th Amendment standard of reasonable suspicion</a> applies to forensic searches of electronic devices at an international border. Further, <a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/03/08/09-10139.pdf">the ruling (PDF)</a> says that encrypting or otherwise protecting files--such as with a password--is not sufficient to arouse suspicion. Likening such a search to <a href="http://www.volokh.com/2013/03/08/en-banc-ninth-circuit-holds-that-computer-forensic-searches-are-like-virtual-strip-searches-and-require-reasonable-suspicion-at-the-border/">a "virtual strip search,"</a> the 9th Circuit Appeals Court held that electronics, because they contain much more information and substantial quantities of "private papers," should be subject to a higher standard than an examination of a person's vehicle or cursory search of luggage. Though the Cottermans' laptop was taken to a facility 170 miles from the border, the search was ruled as having taken place at the border because that is where the laptop was seized. In this case, the search was deemed to have met the required, higher standard.
The dissent references <i><a href="http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/473/531/case.html">United States v. Montoya</a></i> as evidence that the United States Supreme Court has held the "border search exemption" as unyielding and requiring no suspicion, thus meaning that the <i>Cotterman</i> majority should not have reached the holding it did. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.125799Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:02:17 -0800fireoysterYour dog is stupidhttp://www.metafilter.com/125243/Your%2Ddog%2Dis%2Dstupid
No, really, your dog is stupid. But <a href="http://youtu.be/WK6MkxA0isw">THIS</a> dog, this dog is pretty smart. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.125243Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:26:49 -0800HuronBobPeekaboohttp://www.metafilter.com/124431/Peekaboo
<a href="http://gofindmomo.com"><a href="http://gofindmomo.com">Can you find Momo?</a></a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.124431Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:34:00 -0800ScoopBorder crossings and shiftshttp://www.metafilter.com/120247/Border%2Dcrossings%2Dand%2Dshifts
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/arts/09abroad.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all">Who Draws The Borders Of Culture?</a>(NYTimes) Cultural border, as opposed to national borders, are funny things. One country can contain <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/04/invisible-borders-define-american-culture/1839/">many</a> (Coke vs. Soda. Vs. Pop, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/58695/Id-like-a-coke-What-kind-Huh-Dr-Pepper-Coke-or-Sprite-Ill-take-Dr-Pepper-Coke">previously</a> and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/19962/The-new-national-divide">previously-er</a>). Cultural borders often appear as food and drink choices, like <a href="http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/317-tea-as-a-northsouth-litmus-test">sweet tea</a>, <a href="http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/442-distilled-geography-europes-alcohol-belts">forms of alcohol</a>, <a href="http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/246-southern-sauce-sources">or BBQ</a> <a href="http://www.amazingribs.com/recipes/BBQ_sauces/bbq_sauce_types.html"> sauce</a>. Different types of borders can run together and separate, like <a href="http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/12-europes-divides">Protestant vs. Catholic vs. Orthodox and Romance vs. Germanic vs. Slavic</a>, or <a href="http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/24-europes-north-south-divides">climate and the extent of vineyards</a>, or <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/family-ties-3/">prevailing family structure</a>. A region, like <a href="http://www.breizh.net/identity/saozneg/brittany_borders.htm">Brittany</a>, can be defined in more ways than one. The place where zones meet gives rise to the <a href="http://www.guernicamag.com/art/the-edge-effect/">edge effect</a> in ecology, and source of <a href="http://thebrowser.com/interviews/shahram-khosravi-on-world-borders">conflict</a> for humans. National borders can be <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/09/life-on-the-edge-7-of-the-worlds-most-fascinating-border-towns/245519/#slide1">odd things</a>, slicing <a href="http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claudia-sadowski-smith-on-border-stories">through</a> people's lives.
Even national borders that no longer <a href="http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-davies-on-europe%E2%80%99s-vanished-states">exist</a> bear down on the present - in what used to be <a href="http://www.voxeu.org/article/habsburg-empire-and-long-half-life-economic-institutions">the Habsburg Empire</a> or the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/the-dividing-of-a-continent-africas-separatist-problem/262171/">colonial divisions of Africa</a>.
<a href="http://www.eurasianet.org/node/64975/?cid=oth_partner_site-atlantic%22">Borders are not static</a>, not even <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries.html">the ones on the map.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.120247Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:12:22 -0800the man of twists and turnsFaster and Furiouserhttp://www.metafilter.com/117354/Faster%2Dand%2DFuriouser
"<a href="http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fast-and-furious-truth/">The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal</a>: A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust." <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/101279/ATF-Fast-and-Furious">Previously.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.117354Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:37:33 -0800andoatnpCrisis Contrivedhttp://www.metafilter.com/115281/Crisis%2DContrived
<a href="http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2012/04/25/pages/5761/index.xml">Most of what we think about Mexican immigration is wrong.</a> <em>If Congress had done nothing to secure the border over the last two decades — if it had just left the border alone — there might be as many as 2 million fewer Mexicans living in the United States today, Massey believes....<br><br>
“Not only was the militarization of the border not a success,” Massey argues, “it backfired in the sense that it transformed what had been a circular migration of male workers to three states [California, Texas, and Illinois] into a much larger, settled population of families living in 50 states.”</em> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.115281Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:24:10 -0800caddis"I want to marry a lighthouse keeper..."http://www.metafilter.com/115280/I%2Dwant%2Dto%2Dmarry%2Da%2Dlighthouse%2Dkeeper
<a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/one-island-two-countries/">The strange story of Market Island</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.115280Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:23:06 -0800Blazecock PileonDLR Dog Worldhttp://www.metafilter.com/112801/DLR%2DDog%2DWorld
<a href="http://vimeo.com/34433432">David Lee Roth hangs out and herds sheep with his border collie Mike</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.112801Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:54:57 -0800Blazecock PileonBeyond the Borderhttp://www.metafilter.com/110238/Beyond%2Dthe%2DBorder
The U.S.-Canada <a href='http://canada.usembassy.gov/canada-us-relations/border-issues/beyond-the-border-a-new-strategy.html'>Beyond the Border</a> agreement is <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/12/07/pol-canada-us-border-perimeter.html'>wide-ranging</a> in its impact. Indeed, Prime Minister Harper referred to it Wednesday as <i>"<a href='http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/40377-harper-canada-us-border-deal-biggest-nafta'>the most significant step forward in Canada-U.S. co-operation</a> since (<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement'>NAFTA</a>)"</i>. This deal promises <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/12/07/pol-obama-harper-beyond-the-border.html'>regulatory alignment</a> (including the <a href='http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20111129/border-security-plan-111129/#ixzz1fExx2G22'>food and automotive sectors</a>), quicker border <a href='http://www.globalnews.ca/will+the+canadaus+border+deal+actually+make+us+richer+and+safer/6442537444/story.html'>crossings for business</a> or <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/12/06/weston-border-deal-exit.html'>travel</a> (with <a href='http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111207/harper-obama-border-deal-washington-111207/20111207/?hub=OttawaHome'>pre-clearance</a> options), and "<a href='http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Business+benefits+border+deal/5828607/story.html'>screened once, accepted twice</a>" cargo. Perhaps the biggest <a href='http://canadians.org/media/council/2011/07-Dec-11.html'>concern</a> for <a href='http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1098487--canada-u-s-border-deal-the-new-realities-for-canadians?bn=1'>Canadians</a> however are <a href='http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1094508--border-deal-needs-scrutiny'>the changes</a> this agreement <a href='http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1098484--new-u-s-canada-border-deal-aims-to-cut-bottlenecks-but-at-a-price?bn=1'>could have</a> for <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/12/are-you-worried-about-information-sharing-at-the-us-border.html'>their privacy</a>. <a href='http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/07/fact-sheet-us-canada-beyond-border-and-regulatory-cooperation-council-in'>BTB</a>'s '<a href='http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Canada+border+deal+aims+strengthen+North+American+perimeter+while/5826339/story.html'>action plan</a>' aims to bring the two countries under one continental security blanket - this involves more <a href='http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/new-exit-entry-border-controls-could-have-long-ranging-consequences/article2264100/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2264100'>sharing of information</a> between governments (including <a href='http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tracking-measures-will-tell-ottawa-whos-coming-whos-going-and-where/article2264063/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2264063'>entry-exit controls</a>), greater law enforcement <a href='http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/fact-sheets/20111207-btb-integrated-cross-border-law-enforcement.shtm'>co-operation programs</a> (including U.S. police operating in Canada <a href='http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1094483--border-deal-fuels-concerns-in-canada'>for the first time</a>), Canada's adoption of <a href='http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/standing-together-on-border-security-135232838.html'>U.S. screening measures</a> (including bomb detection equipment), and <a href='http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/with-cross-border-policing-set-to-expand-mounties-fret-over-who-calls-shots/article2263679/page1/'>integrated investigations</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.110238Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:19:48 -0800stinkycheeseBorders. Security. Refugees. Jerusalem.http://www.metafilter.com/109032/Borders%2DSecurity%2DRefugees%2DJerusalem
The Atlantic is in the middle of a <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/introducing-a-4-part-special-report-on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/247263/">four-part special report</a> on the Israel / Palestinian peace process, called "<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/is-peace-possible/">Is Peace Possible?</a>" which features multimedia presentations on and analyses of what they believe are the four core issues of the conflict: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/drawing-an-israel-palestine-border/247264/">Borders</a>, <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/the-role-of-security-in-an-israeli-palestinian-peace-deal/247598/">Security</a>, Refugees, and Jerusalem. <small>(The latter two will be released on Monday, November 7 and 14th, respectively)</small> The report was put together in collaboration with the <a href="http://www.centerpeace.org/">S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace</a>. To Weigh In: The Project's <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/IsPeacePossible">Twitter Feed</a>
Additional reading / Associated materials: <em>(The "Video" pages contain links to further reading that give both the Palestinian and Israeli perspectives.)</em>
<strong>Borders</strong>
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/drawing-an-israel-palestine-border/247264/">Video</a> (and additional links) / <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2011/10/transcript-for-is-peace-possible-chapter-1-borders/247342/">Transcript</a>
* <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/how-to-connect-the-west-bank-and-gaza-strip/247475/">How to Connect the West Bank and the Gaza Strip</a>
* <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/difficult-truths-on-borders/247360/">Difficult Truths on Borders</a>
<strong>Security</strong>
* <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/the-role-of-security-in-an-israeli-palestinian-peace-deal/247598/">Video</a> (And Additional Links) / <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2011/10/transcript-for-is-peace-possible-chapter-2-security/247636/">Transcript</a>
* <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/the-most-contentious-settlements-in-the-west-bank/247650/">The Most Contentious Settlements in the West Bank</a>. Also: The Baker Institute's <em><a href="http://bakerinstitute.org/publications/BI-pub-IPTerritorialEndgame-020210.pdf">Getting to the Territorial Endgame of an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Settlement</a></em> and <a href="http://washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/StrategicReport06.pdf"><em>Imagining the Border: Options for Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Territorial Issue</em></a> a 2011 Washington Institute for Near East Policy report by David Makovsky
The magazine mentions their <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/the-atlantic-israel-and-palestine/247262/">long history of covering the conflict</a>.
Other coverage:
Newsweek has <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/10/23/best-deal-ever.print.html">excerpts</a> from former secretary of state Condoleeza Rice's new memoir. Atlantic: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/what-condi-rices-memoir-gets-wrong-and-right-on-israel-palestine/247423/">What Condi Rice's Memoir Gets Wrong (and Right) on Israel-Palestine </a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.109032Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:37:51 -0800zarqLongform investigative journalism remains awesomehttp://www.metafilter.com/108186/Longform%2Dinvestigative%2Djournalism%2Dremains%2Dawesome
According to national statistics, one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes. <a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/92468120_rape-on-the-reservation.htm">Vanguard correspondent Mariana Van Zeller travels to Rosebud reservation in South Dakota to investigate the alarmingly high incidence of rape and sexual assaults. What happened to 19-year-old Marquita, and how can the reservation's understaffed police force keep it from happening again? Candid interviews with her family members, classmates and police reveal many of the disturbing social attitudes and behaviors that lead up to her death.</a>
It is one of many compelling guides to the kinds of lives most never see in Current TV's season before last of Vanguard. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/103049/Vanguard-of-American-Journalism">previously</a>) <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/103049/Vanguard-of-American-Journalism">Previous episodes found here</a>
Season 4
Episode 4: <a href="http://vimeo.com/28319917">Soccer's Lost Boys, Human trafficking of African boys for soccer</a>
<small>As South Africa prepared to host the 2010 World Cup, the focus was on many of the continent’s brightest stars in soccer, including Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and Inter Milan’s Samuel Eto’o. Correspondent Mariana van Zeller explores the dark side to the sport’s global popularity, what has been called “the new slave trade.” </small>
Episode 5: <a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-four/war-crimes/">War Crimes, Rise of PTSD among war veterans</a>
<small>Correspondent Kaj Larsen investigates the alarming rise in the number of soldiers who have been traumatized by war and are now accused of bringing the violence home. Of the more than two million men and women who have served in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as many as a third of them may now have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. A growing number of these vets are being charged with violent crimes, and Kaj travels to prisons and mental health facilities in Arizona, Colorado and Oregon to hear their stories. </small>
Episode 6: <a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/92521135_american-jihadi.htm">American Jihadi, American-born Somali terrorist Omar Hammami</a> (<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/blog/93056069_american-jihadi-update-omar-hammami-reported-killed-in-somalia.htm">update</a>)
<small>Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel explores homegrown terrorism in "American Jihadi." The show chronicles the path of Omar Hammami, a high school student from Daphne, Alabama who became a top commander in an Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group.
With the help of Omar's high school friend, Christof retraces Omar's path to extremism -- from Daphne, where he converted to Islam, to Toronto where he immersed himself into the local Somali community, and finally his journey to Egypt and Somalia.</small>
Episode 7: <a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/93413481_life-and-death-on-the-border.htm?xid=RSSfeed">Life and Death on the Border, Illegal crossing of the US/Mexico border</a>
<small>Correspondent Christof Putzel travels to the U.S./Mexico border to investigate one of the most contentious issues in America today: immigration. Meeting with "coyotes," the hired smugglers who offer to take immigrants across the border for a fee, Putzel learns the methods used to evade border patrol and the dangers they face on the journey. Arrest and deportation are inherent risks, but the lack of water and scorching temperatures of the desert crossing are far more deadly. Those who do make it safely across the border face tightening immigration laws and an increasingly hostile public. Putzel ultimately crosses the border with a migrant and coyote.</small>
Episode 8: <a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/93412498_marijuana-wars-part-1.htm">Marijuana Wars Part 1, Mexican drug trafficking organizations growing marijuana in the US</a>
Episode 9: <a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/93413550_marijuana-wars-part-2.htm">Marijuana Wars Part 2, Taking down low-level planters and high-level financers</a>
<small>In this two-part episode, executive producer and correspondent Adam Yamaguchi embeds with a task force working to take down Mexican drug trafficking organizations operating in the U.S. California has become one of the leading producers of marijuana in the world, and the proceeds from marijuana have become a cash cow for traffickers, generating greater profits than cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin combined. The task force surveys and eradicates multi-million dollar marijuana fields in the U.S. run by Mexican drug trafficking organizations - including grow sites in state and national parks.</small>
Trailers are available legally for episodes of the present season.
<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/gateway-to-heroin/">Ep. 1 Gateway to Heroin</a>
<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/sex-lies-and-cigarettes/">Ep. 2 Sex, Lies &amp; Cigarettes</a>
<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/sushi-to-the-slaughter/">Ep. 3 Sushi to the Slaughter</a>
<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/city-of-god-guns-and-gangs/">Ep. 4 City of God, Guns &amp; Gangs</a>
<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/tiger-farms/">Ep. 5 Tiger Farms</a>
<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/this-illegal-american-life/">Ep. 6 This (Illegal) American Life</a>
<a href="http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/recovery-high/">Ep. 7 Recovery High</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.108186Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:52:18 -0800BlasdelbWhat the Eye Doesn't See, the Heart Doesn't Mind.http://www.metafilter.com/104008/What%2Dthe%2DEye%2DDoesnt%2DSee%2Dthe%2DHeart%2DDoesnt%2DMind
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100692/">Step Across the Border</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/68669/Also-starring-several-telephones-puddles-scarecrows-saxophones-orchestrated-cities-and-motors">(previously, link now broken)</a> <em>"as long as I was playing in a band I didn't have to actually go out there and talk to girls and dance, I could just be on stage and watch everybody else doing it".</em>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_Across_the_Border">The critically acclaimed music documentary on Fred Frith</a>, written and directed by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008N5QT/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel</a> (amazon link). It is also available in 8 parts, on youtube. The music is beautiful, ugly, sublime, silly, virtuosic and clumsy, catchy and difficult.
Follow Fred Frith around the world as he makes music with his friends, and finds
other things to listen to as well.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDqIEe0U4n0">1</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsag12vVJO8">2</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W89AKcQ39Kw">3</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIlfNpqnBwk">4</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ZTBjo9i2M">5</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cknunMrfuc">6</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0_lu5eSd7w">7</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrfXC2-DsEo">8</a>
Many of the musicians in this film are worth hours of listening on their own.
<a href="http://www.fredfrith.com/">Fred</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Frith">Frith</a>
<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joey-baron-p36829">Joey</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Baron">Baron</a>
<a href="http://www.cyrobaptista.com/index.cfm">Cyro</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyro_Baptista">Baptista</a>
<a href="http://www.bittova.com/">Iva</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_Bittov&#0225;">Bittov&#0225;</a>
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/tomcora">Tom</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cora">Cora</a>
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/pavelfajt">Pavel</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunaj_(band)">Fajt</a>
<a href="http://www.jpf.org.au/02_events/eitetsu/pro1.htm">Eitetsu Hayashi</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hodgkinson">Tim</a> <a href="http://www.timhodgkinson.co.uk/">Hodgkinson</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arto_Lindsay">Arto</a> <a href="http://www.artolindsay.com/">Lindsay</a>
<a href="http://www.renelussier.com/">Ren&#0233;</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren&#0233;_Lussier">Lussier</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haco">
Haco</a><a href="http://www.hacohaco.net/haco/home.html"> Mizoguchi</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Norton">Kevin</a> <a href="http://www.kevinnorton.com/">Norton</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ostertag">Bob</a> <a href="http://bobostertag.com/">Ostertag</a> (much of his music, including some of his collaborations with Frith, are creative commons licensed downloads on his site).
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zorn">John</a> <a href="http://www.tzadik.com/">Zorn</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.104008Sat, 28 May 2011 17:46:17 -0800idiopathThe town on the wrong side of America's drug warhttp://www.metafilter.com/103577/The%2Dtown%2Don%2Dthe%2Dwrong%2Dside%2Dof%2DAmericas%2Ddrug%2Dwar
<a href='http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-town-on-the-wrong-side-of-americas-drugs-war-2284669.html'>The town on the wrong side of America's drug war</a>. An article on the Brownsville, Texas neighborhood cut off by the border fence. <small>Via <a href='http://crookedtimber.org'>Crooked Timber</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.103577Mon, 16 May 2011 18:51:07 -0800serazinATF: Fast and Furioushttp://www.metafilter.com/101279/ATF%2DFast%2Dand%2DFurious
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/03/eveningnews/main20039031.shtml">deliberately allowed assault rifles to be smuggled into Mexico</a>, so they could be tracked. The weapons were then used in a spree of murders, including that of US Border Patrol Agent <a href="http://www.odmp.org/officer/20596-border-patrol-agent-brian-a.-terry">Brian Terry</a>. The operation was called "Fast and Furious". The Mexican government was apparently <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12660732">unaware</a> of the operation, and is <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20039805-10391695.html">investigating</a>. The ATF is going to have a <a href="http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2011/03/030311-atf-atf-to-review-firearms-trafficking-strategy.html">review</a> of whether their strategy supports "the goals of ATF to stem the illegal flow of firearms to Mexico". tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.101279Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:14:03 -0800East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94